Birthday Bash!

After 6 months of talking and anticipation, 60 balloons, a Barbie cake, a dozen little girls, tons of candy, lots of fun, and many presents, Ella is finally 4. I usually think that time flys and I can't believe they are older but it feels like Ella should have been 4 a long time ago. She has been talking about her birthday for a very long time so to be quite honest I am glad she is 4 and that it is done. It was fun and she loved it but I can move on to something else now. I don't think we will be having a big birthday party for a long time.

Ella loves to have tea parties so I thought we should do a Tea Party Theme.

Ella is such a fun little girl. She loves to dress up, her Summer attire has consisted of her swimsuit and then pairing it with a skirt or sometimes shorts. She loves to color, she will color for a good hour and half sometimes. She has a great imagination. She is a social little thing which I don't understand because when I was little I was not like that.

We started off popping balloons, there was candy inside of them.

We decorated hats for our tea party.

Most of the guests.

Ella has been talking about a Barbie cake for months so I had to make one. It is not as easy as you think. The cake totally fell apart when I put the Barbie in but it survived.

Ella pretending to blow out her candles, it was windy so we couldn't get them to stay lit.

Opening presents.

What I've Been Up To

Doing crafts is one of my favorite things to do. Here are some of things that I have done lately.

For the picture holder I took old shutters and cut them down. I spray painted it and glued mini clothes pins on it. I also made the topiary thing as well.

I saw this on a blog and I can't remember which one but I made the valence.

The wreath was super easy and way cheap. It is just a wreath with felt flowers. The flowers are easy to make. Took a little time but I really like how it turned out.

I have been working for my dad this Summer. I work every Monday for a few hours. I have been saving my money for a new sewing machine. I got it a couple weeks ago and have been loving it. I have discovered that I love making Ella skirts. They are easy, cheap and fun to make. She loves them. I got the tutorials from www.makeitandloveit.blogspot.com and www.fromanigloo.blogspot.com.

Summer is coming to an end

As August comes closer to an end I can feel Summer starting to end and my motivation to do the Summer activities. But we have been trying to enjoy the nice Summer days before they're gone. We have been going to the spray toys, taking walks, going to the Hermiston and Moses Lake Water parks, picking blackberries, going to grandmas, I am working for my dad and just having fun outside.

August is flying by and we are pretty much staying home this month. Its amazing how I always feel like next week I will have more time and next week is always just as busy as the week before. I don't know how some moms do it. I only have two and I feel like my plate is full.

Talking a walk at Zintel Canyon.

We went our annual Stake Picnic. The kids had a lot of fun. There were several blow up toys for Ella to play on, cotton candy, snow cones, and popcorn.

Having fun at the spray toys.

Ella sporting her Aunt Janet's shades.

One of Dave's coworkers told him about a place where there are blackberries. So we tried to out.

Once I saw tons (and I mean tons) of these spiders I told him that it wasn't worth it. Dave picked for probably 10 minutes and decided blackberries were worth buying. This picture does not do the spider justice, it was huge and there were tons. It was disgusting.